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The Peasants

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First published: 1904
Pages: 942

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Reymont's great novel of Polish village life unfolds across four volumes named for the seasons, and this first part, Autumn, opens the cycle. Life in the village of Lipce turns on land, weather, and the church calendar, and at its center stands old Boryna, a stubborn and wealthy farmer whose household and marriage set much of the drama in motion. Around him Reymont gathers a whole community of neighbors, laborers, and lovers, rendered with the patience and detail of a writer who knew rural poverty from the inside. The work earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924.

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Władysław Reymont

Władysław Reymont (1867-1925) was a Polish novelist celebrated for his sweeping realist fiction. Largely self-taught and drawn from a modest background, he wrote from firsthand knowledge of country and factory life. His four-volume epic The Peasants won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1924.

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